Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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At this moment, Shi Changxuan also opened his eyes due to the movement of the people standing up next to him. He exchanged a sleepy glance with Xie Lingya, then slowly moved to Phytolacca God.
Xie Lingya chuckled as he turned Phytolacca God around and poked Shi Changxuan’s cheek with its hand. “Look, artificial dimples.”
Shi Changxuan smiled faintly. “Don’t be silly.”
Xie Lingya: “You started it, haha.”
Shi Changxuan was stunned for a moment, then said, “I didn’t.” He thought Xie Lingya had twisted Phytolacca God’s hand when he raised it.
Xie Lingya: “…Me neither.”
Phytolacca God said shyly: “It was me.”
Xie Lingya and Shi Changxuan: “………”
…What?!
Xie Lingya was flustered. “What do you mean? What do you mean?”
Phytolacca God replied, “It’s really me.”
Xie Lingya leaped up from the bed, frantically demanding, “Are you kidding? How could you possibly be moving? Move again!”
Phytolacca God replied weakly, yet with a hint of joy, “It’s moving slowly.”
After returning from the snowy mountains, Phytolacca God and Liu Lingtong both felt a surge of strength. It turned out they were one. Later, Phytolacca God received a prosthetic limb with a joint. He then tried to use his spiritual power to move it, and surprisingly, it actually managed to move slightly.
This was a very positive sign, proving that his energy could now affect physical entities, bringing him ever closer to being human. Once he reached the highest level of cultivation, he would be able to reincarnate.
Upon discovering this, Phytolacca God’s first move was to touch Xie Lingya.
While it might be a little slow, at least he was moving! This further proved that Phytolacca God had shared much of his master’s accumulated merit. This was the correct direction for a proper Reporting God!
Xie Lingya was happier than Shi Changxuan—not that Shi Changxuan wasn’t happy, but after all, Phytolacca God had touched his partner without asking for permission.
If Phytolacca God hadn’t been unable to leave his original form, Xie Lingya would have urged it to simply change bodies. How wonderful it would be to be able to move!
By breakfast time, Xie Lingya was already showing off to the entire Taoist temple, “Senior Brother’s Reporting God can move now.”
Everyone looked over excitedly, “Oh, oh!”
Xie Lingya gushed, “Didn’t Cutie get a prosthetic after losing his arm? It was a blessing in disguise. Now he can move. Come on, little cutie, put your hands on your hips and show them.”
As they ate, everyone stared at the Reporting God on Shi Changxuan’s shoulder, their eyes fixed on him.
After a long while, Phytolacca God remained unchanged, and everyone was almost tearing up. If they had gotten closer, they could have actually heard the subtle sounds of Phytolacca God’s efforts: “Hey, hey… hey, hey…”
Unfortunately, to the naked eye, no changes were visible for a while.
Brother Pheasant flapped his wings and soared past, making the situation even more awkward.
Xie Lingya: “Well… he’s just a little slow, because he doesn’t have enough strength yet, but it’s still impressive!”
If Shi Changxuan hadn’t agreed, everyone would have thought Teacher Xie was joking again.
After everyone finished breakfast, they looked over and saw that the movement of Phytolacca God’s arm had indeed changed from before. It was originally straight, but now it was bent at a thirty-degree angle.
“Wow! Amazing!”
“It really moved…”
“Hey, go open the door.”
Everyone marveled and went back to their own work. After so much experience, the fact that the Reporting God could move was indeed amazing, but it didn’t cause anyone to drop their work.
Phytolacca God huffed, “Why don’t you finish watching? I haven’t even reached my hips yet!”
Shi Changxuan: “…”
….
That day, when Zhang Daoting was lecturing to the believers, Pheasant and Da Huang followed him.
Zhang Daoting was filled with excitement, but he continued the sermon slowly and calmly before looking for Xie Lingya.
Xie Lingya was currently making paper clothes. He made all the clothes he burned for the Tang soldiers himself. He cut and pasted them together from various colored papers, chanting a sutra before burning them. Xie Lingya didn’t know the specific names of the Tang soldiers, so he asked the Yin Temple strongmen to deliver them, as they were accustomed to this kind of work.
Zhang Daoting helped Xie Lingya cut the paper, his eyes filled with respect.
Teacher Xie was truly amazing. All the animals he befriended were so clever, from foxes to chickens, they all knew how to pursue the Dao. Of course, could this also be due to some of his own strengths? Perhaps his improved teaching skills had somehow attracted them?
“Just listening to me so obediently. I knew it. One look at Brother Pheasant’s eyes shows he has insight!” Zhang Daoting exclaimed with emotion.
Xie Lingya gazed up at the sky, thinking, “Do you think he’s just asking you for food?”
Zhang Daoting: “????”
It suddenly occurred to him that the Taoist temple was so small. In recent days, many people had heard that Baoyang Temple had two more free-range chickens. The Taoist temple already had a vegetable patch, and with two chickens, the setting was quite fitting, creating a pastoral scene.
Zhang Daoting’s photo session, in addition to worshiping the deity, preaching, and watering the flowers and vegetables, now also included feeding the chickens.
Zhang Daoting said sadly, “Am I overthinking it? They’ve just gotten used to it and figured they’ll get food if they follow me.”
Xie Lingya said reluctantly, “I’m afraid that’s the case…”
Even if Brother Pheasant had advanced to a higher level, he wouldn’t be able to listen to the sutras all of a sudden. Those intelligent foxes were no better, their cultivation speed wasn’t that fast.
Zhang Daoting: “…”
Xie Lingya consoled Zhang Daoting again before going to find Fang Zhe.
Fang Zhe returned to make a prosthetic limb for the Phytolacca God and rested himself before focusing on studying the captured black leopard.
Due to the secluded nature of Youdu Mountain, this creature had been rarely documented, making it a nearly new field of research with little reference material. Fang Zhe sought to thoroughly understand it so he could design appropriate tools.
Fang Zhe’s thinking and goal was that the Black Leopard and the Son of Youdu both originated from Youdu Mountain and shared a significant portion of the same material. Wang Yuji also mentioned that the mysterious beasts held a certain respect for the Son of Youdu, suggesting a subtle connection. So, could they create a tool that could use this sense to locate the other party?
The known mysterious beasts’ base camps could be ruled out, leaving the remaining possibility as the Son of Youdu’s location.
However, this project was currently at a standstill, the difficulty too great. After all, the Son of Youdu could remain hidden, and relying solely on that kind of occult sense wouldn’t be enough to pinpoint his location.
Fang Zhe’s hair fell out from the stress, and Hai Guanchao, frightened, prescribed him a hair-growing medicine.
Ultimately, everyone had to agree that this matter might require collective wisdom. Someone in Shi Changxuan’s family had previously established connections with other descendants of the Lu Ban Book, and they approached them, hoping to collaborate on researching and developing a device to locate the Son of Youdu.
It was said they were now planning to set smaller targets and complete them step by step. The more urgent the situation, the less likely they were to attempt to achieve a huge goal all at once. They would first test whether this sensor could be used to generate an alarm. For example, if the Son of Youdu appeared within a hundred-mile radius of the device, an alarm would sound. Even if this method didn’t allow them to locate the target all at once, it would still be a significant improvement compared to the previous, aimless search for a needle in a haystack.
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